Saturday, July 9, 2011

Somerset spinner sets T20 record

Posted July 6, 2011 09:09:00

Somerset spinner Arul Suppiah took world-record Twenty20 figures of 6 for 5 in a five-wicket victory away to Glamorgan in Cardiff.

Suppiah's record figures, which bettered Sohail Tanvir's 6 for 14 for Rajasthan against Chennai in the Indian Premier League in in May 2008, came from 3.4 overs as all 10 Glamorgan wickets fell to the Somerset spinners.

Glamorgan, put into bat, had no answer to Suppiah and Somerset's other two spinners, Murali Kartik and Max Waller, as it was dismissed for just 98 - its second-worst total in the tournament - in just 17.4 overs of an 18-overs-per-side contest which was reduced because of rain.

West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard made 31 not out off 20 balls as Somerset won with 21 balls to spare.

-AFP

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